@fiery_jackass - completley agree, they are actually my favourite games of all time. When I first played Demon's, the RPG elements didnt really interest me, the combat alone sold the greatness of this game, and the fact that skill is a massive factor. The best things about these games though, is that theres a penalty for failure. I can't remember the last game I played where there was something to lose if you werent good enough.

there are great things in DS, I would say overall I like the game. But Often I don't really know what to do or where to go. Well that is ok, exploring on your own is a good gameplay option. But somethimes I would have wished for a bit more information. Like how to use things, or what humanity is exactly for, etc etc.

Some of the one hit kill boses can be a pain. just two hit kill would have ben tough enough but at least one mistake would be given.....

I'm in undead burg at the moment, and I really enjoyed the place to be honest, but I seem to be stuck now and forever. Can't kill the white night in the basement, can't kill the dragon, can't kill the black night on the tower.

So what now, retry until I give up forever?

Do you guys somethimes change the area and then come back to it when you are upgraded? but I think the game wants me to finish undead burg first? right? all other areas are too hard anyhow for me, right?

also I found stuff to upgrade my weapon, but I either don't know how to do it, or it just doesen't work.............

edit: yes, I'm not 100% shit, I did kill the Taurus Deamon and the tight korridor black night.......but probably the easier ones........

@Big-Swiss - What was the last boss you took on? I might be able to guide you to where you need to go?

I personally didnt use the wiki, I was very cautious with whichever area I ventured into, and if the enemies were too tough, it was generally the wrong way, not always. Most of the enemies on that game will kill you at some stage.

cheers guys, yeah, can't buy no arrows from that merchant anymore, cause I killed him, all I wanted to do was to smash those things around him, but he got all pissed and wnated to fight me. At least a oponent who is wasy

Im still at the normal bon fire, close to that merchant, a little further in the basement is the white night, and up the ladder is the fire dragon. Last boss I killed was the taurus deamon.

Also a question: Somethimes I find other knights around, they aren't friend no foe, you can talk to them without purpose. Do you always kill them? I killed one (the fat one down at the first bonfire before going up to undead burg. he did give some nice souls......

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@Big-Swiss - Ok, most of the things on this game hate you, but not everything. Anyone who appears at the firelink shrine is normally a friend, they'll sell you things or teach you stuff.

I accidentally killed the first merchant.
It wasnt until my 5th playthrough (yes I know i'm a nerd) before I killed the red dragon, hes really solid, and he doesnt have to be killed.

Have you come across any big rats?

yes, those rats have killed me with their poisen after I was running away from the dragon )

so what does have to be killed at undead burg before I can go into a other area?

@Big-Swiss After the Taurus demon you enter the Undead Parish area. There you need to explore and find some cool stuff and chars. By the way don't kill everybody, especially not the blacksmiths, that could make the game really quite difficult.

Well just past the rats, there is a ladder. Try and lure out the rats, if you have an axe of any kind, try 2 handing the weapon, and it should (hopefully) take out a rat in one hit.
Then (if I remember correctly) there will be a spiral staircase on your left, and forward will lead to a new area with a very aggressive pig.
Don't bother with the spiral staircase, the guy up there is very tough for new starters.
Follow the route, and bring home the bacon.
Near the pig there is a staircase down, follow it through and it'll take you where you need to go.

I have no idea who they fired or replaced after doing Demon's Souls but the balancing and backstab/evading role is always way off since then. Now they somewhat balanced the elemental weapons just to introduce some slow flying dark magic. Was it not obvious that a fast casting, slow moving kind of seeker-missle magic is really terrible in a laggy game?

I've not been lucky enough to encounter this deadly magic stuff, but is it really that terrible?
I'm purposefully keeping great magic barrier on my character just incase the worst happens and i get invaded by one of these numpters.

Well, that walkway down to manus was a particularly bad issue with someone dark-magic-balling me in the back. Its heavy damaging. Great magic barrier is such a good miracle, it really makes you next to invunerable to magic.
If you have magic resistant armour/shield in combo with it, youre basically fully resistant to magic.

@quadfather That thing with the Titanite Demon's never happened to me, but the one in LI is a complete bastard. Nice one though

That event with laurentius has happened a few times, he's always banging on about "let me know if you find anything new". SO, if you buy owt from Queelana he spots it straight away and goes off to find her if you answer "yes" but it doesn't end well and he goes hollow and attacks you in BT. Poor fucker

Patches sets up as a merchant after you beat Nito, but if you don't go back to the catacombs (and why would you) you're unlikely to pass him. I normally buy a Mask of the Child off him, suck him dry of humanity (Dark Hand) and then kill the cunt. Which was nice.

Doesn't the Silver Pendant counter Dark Magic? I always keep it to hand but haven't tried to test it in PVP.

I'm trying to make a Dark Magic build, which oddly scales with Strength...what are some good strength weapons post 1.06 patch that are also buffable? Kalameets tail seems quite decent and can apparently be enchanted too, but looks a pain to cut off.

It counters it, but as we've said before, it's a bit of a clunky counter- you need it cue'd up in your inventory and that sort of limits what else you can have with you (estus, grass, dung pies etc) so that you can get to it quickly.

I'm having a bit too much fun tonight in the Catacombs being somewhat of a troll. OK, a massive fuck off troll. If you clear the next area from the first bonfire, rotate the first bridge and then clear the skellies that wait on the other side of it, it looks like you've headed on in.

Then, I wait by the switch for invaders. I've had three that have had it suddenly rotate on them as they merrily jog across it after me

One guy beat me though- he sprinted and jumped and made it across, then he fell to a lower area that mean't he was trapped. We fired arrows at each other for ages, I sent a message commiserating him on his imminent suicide exit from the stalemate, you know, that sort of thing. Instead, he just twatted about by the second set of floating skulls, periodically curing the poison I was inflicting on him with arrows.
After half an hour, I was so bored though that I decided to kill myself to get it over with